• US Senate Blocks Bill Sanctioning ICC

    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 29 00:28:35 2025
    XPost: alt.politics.international, nz.politics

    Whaddaya know <https://aje.io/qw6p4g?update=3472918>:

    The United States Senate has failed to secure the necessary votes
    to pass a bill imposing sanctions on the International Criminal
    Court (ICC).

    The bill would have punished the court for an arrest warrant
    issued for Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin
    Netanyahu, for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

    The bill recently passed the US House of Representatives, but
    received 55 votes in the Senate, five short of the necessary 60.

    Nice to see one little silver lining in this cloud, anyway ...

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